December❄️
The Sonoma County 4-H calendar is now a viewable document on google. (*editable for Club Leaders)
County Council Meetings are now meeting in person exclusively.
Head🍀Heart🍀Hands🍀Health
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📅 4-H Events
December
16: Extended Enrollment Deadline
24-31: Winter Holiday (UCCE closed)
January 2023
3 @ 7pm: County Council Meeting (YAL)
16: Martin Luther King Day (UCCE closed)
17: 6:30 Chicken Que Cmte Mtg (YAL)
TBD: Fashion Revue Wrkshp 6-8pm (YAL)
26: @ 7pm Chicken Que Rep Mtg (YAL)
28: Livestock Judging Contest
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4-H Office will be closed for the Winter Break December 24 to January 2, 2023 |
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🍀 4-H Council: President's Message
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Well, I know we need the rain, but wow...
As everyone sloshes around getting all of their community service projects done, holiday shopping done and project chores done, I hope you are staying dry and healthy. Thank you for spreading holiday cheer and kindness to one another and those in our community, we never know how our small kindnesses might impact another's day.
So excited that our annual Livestock Judging Contest is set for Saturday January 28, 2023 at the Lyttle Cow Palace (Sonoma County Fairgrounds). Info and registration forms are available on the county website and should be submitted to Susan Maners via email: maners@sbcglobal.net. The registrations are encouraged by January 15, 2023.
Also, I hope everyone is getting their presentations ready for Presentation Day! Remember, we need volunteer evaluators, room hosts, AND presenters to make the day a success. If you want to just come watch, that's great too! Info and registration forms are on the website, and feel free to contact Lisa Schuldt the event Chairperson with any questions! It's a busy day, especially if you are planning to volunteer at the Farm Bureau Crab Feed later that afternoon and evening! Be sure to reach out to Anita at the Farm Bureau with your club's form by December 30th! anita@sonomafb.org
Now that we have reached the end of 2022, remember that CCC meetings will be held at the YAL Foundation building for the remainder of the 4-H year. I appreciate each club sending a representative to be the liaison between Council and the Office and your individual clubs so that everyone has the opportunity to get the same information. Thank you so much for taking the time to attend each month and taking important information back to your clubs.
Do you have older club members who might be interested in being a Sonoma County 4-H All Star Ambassador next year? We will be updating the application in the next month or two, but start looking at what the application process is (that won't change, really) and the basis of this awesome leadership opportunity, so that when the application deadline arrives (end of March/early April) your prospective youth members are ready! Feel free to contact our current All Star Team @ sc4hallstars@gmail.com with any questions, they love to talk about what they're working on!
I want to thank all of you for everything you do for the program, and wish you a warm, healthy and happy holiday season with those you love. I can't wait to see where the world takes us in 2023!
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Hello 4Hers this is your All Stars,
We are trying to put together another teen event, does anyone have any ideas? If so, please email us at sc4hallstars@gmail.com. I hope everybody is working on their presentations for presentation day, and as well as working hard on your fashion review projects. I can’t wait to see them all! Hope you all have a happy holiday!
Your 4-H All-Stars!
Tammy Kelley & Alex Justus
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Sonoma 4-H Service Projects Highlight
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Independence 4-H Service Projects |
Our September service activity benefited the Living Room in Santa Rosa. We have worked with the Living Room for a few years, doing different projects. They are nice people who do good things! This time we collected art supplies and fun small toys to put in 24 donated supply boxes for kids to use while their parents are getting services at the shelter. The Living Room helps women and their children with housing, clothes, food and finding work.
October’s community service was for the Redwood Empire Food Bank. Independence 4-H supports the REFB every year. It is another really cool local organization. What the food bank does to help the community is mostly giving healthy meals and boxes of food to the population in need. We brought food donations to our general meeting and then our club volunteered to work a shift at the Food Bank. Independence 4-H donated 268 lbs. of food and $200. We bagged over 3000 lbs of apples for food boxes (that’s 1.5 tons!).
In November we had two service activities. Every year the club participates in the county wide help to Starcross by putting twist-ties on their wreath flyers. This is a small activity that 4-H does to help out Starcross with their wreath sales.The Starcross community sells these wreaths every holiday season to help fund their care for children with serious health problems. The second activity has to do with Thanksgiving and gratitude. We will have notes available at the meeting for members to write a thank you note to someone in their communities (home, school, sport, club, neighborhood, city) who did something good that they appreciate. Then each person will deliver their note.
For December, in partnership with the Sebastopol Fire Department we are collecting gift items or cards for local tweens/teens age 10-16, who’ve been specifically identified as in need by community members. The SFD says that this is the age group that they most need contributions for. Also...Because it was such a huge success and so much fun and because our party is not on the normal meeting date, we have another group volunteer night scheduled at REFB!
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Warm Springs 4-H Service Projects |
Fall is the season of giving and a great time to get involved in community services in our town. In November, Golden Hills members are working with North Bay Animal Services to collect items requested for the animals living on site. Also in November we have a canned food collection for Una Vida, an organization that helps feed and clothe people in need here in Petaluma. Members help at the distribution site to pass out bags of groceries. In December Golden Hills families hold a bake sale at Larsen’s Tree Farm and use some of the money raised to buy Christmas gifts for a family in need in our community. Giving back and getting involved feels great! |
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Golden Hills 4-H Club Service Projects |
In the months of November and December, the Warm Springs club focuses our community service efforts on food insecurity in our community. We had several of our club members assisted with gleaning olives for Farm to Pantry. The olives were milled into oil and the oil will be sold to benefit the Farm to Pantry organization.
We collected canned goods for our neighbors in need and delivered the items to Redwood Empire Food Bank. We collected 247 pounds of food at our food drive. We also had a large group volunteer to assist with a warehouse sorting shift at the Redwood Empire Food Bank. We repackaged close to 10,000 pounds of potatoes."
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📍 Sonoma County 4-H Events & Announcements
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The North Bay Science Discovery Day is seeking organizations to provide hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math activities at the free festival being held on Saturday, March 11, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa. The goals are to spark young peoples' curiosity for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The target age are young people in 4th-8th grade, although youth of all ages are welcome. Potential exhibitors are asked to submit an online application by January 15, 2023, for 10’x20’ booth space (inside or outside). For more information, please visit https://www.northbayscience.org/.
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Fashion Revue News
Announcing the five 2023 County Categories:
Accessories (same rules as 2022)
Embellished (same rules as 2022)
Non-Garment (same rules as 2022)
Make It for Your Animal (same rules as 2022)
NEW! Take It on an Adventure: Create a non-garment item that can be used on an adventure. Any crafting method and materials may be used. Examples include: neck pillow, water bottle holder, backpack, bicycle accessories, hat, mittens, travel pillow, car organizer, toiletry bag, sunglasses case, gaiters, bandana, picnic blanket, picnic basket, insulated lunch bag, sleeping bag liner
The 2023 State categories have not been announced yet.
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📢 State 4-H Events and Information
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4-H'ers - Attend the Youth Summits!
2023 Youth Summits
Jungle Quest: Uncover Your Trail to Success
Reach the next steps by identifying your skills, utilizing available resources, and developing competencies needed to take action.
Who should attend: Youth ages 11-13
Dates & Locations:
January 13-15, 2023 Southern-Pathfinder Ranch, Riverside County
January 27-29, 2023, Virtual, Zoom
February 10-12, 2023, Bay/Coast CYO Retreat Center, Sonoma County
Choose virtual, in-person - or both! The workshops for virtual and in-person events will be different, so you can attend more than one. Get a $5 discount when you register for both in-person and virtual. Programming and workshops will be specific to the delivery method.
Fees:
In person: $175
Virtual $40
Both $210 ($5 discount)
Conference T-shirt $25
Register by Dec. 20 to order a t-shirt.
Registration for all summits closes January 6, 2023
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County Ambassador Essentials |
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Virtual skill building workshop series
The State Ambassador team will be hosting a workshop series for County Ambassadors, youth leaders (13 and up), and County Ambassador Coaches.
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Upcoming workshops
Jan. 26, 2023 6:30pm-8:00pm
The Art of Facilitation
Feb. 23, 2023, 6:30pm-8:00pm
Develop Your Back Up Plan
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Join Engineering Week 2023
UC 4-H Celebrates Aspiring Engineers - 3rd annual at-home STEM activity!
Design and Build a Solar Caring
Youth may design, build, and test their solar car using the materials provided along with any other household materials.
STEPS
2. The kit will be shipped to you from KELVIN.
3. Youth design, build, and test a solar car by February 25, 2023.
4. Join us on Saturday, February 25, 2023 from 3:00 to 4:00pm to share your solar car.
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Youth Summit Facilitators
Bay/Coast: February 10-12
CYO Retreat Center, Occidental CA
The 2023 California 4-H Youth Summit is nearly here!
Applications are open for Youth Summit Facilitators, a hands on leadership opportunity for Senior 4-H'ers (14+). Facilitators are responsible for making the Youth Summit a success, and lead groups of Youth Summit attendees with a partner in small meeting discussions about conference activities, goals, and personal development. Facilitators will work as a team and assist with conference activities and educational sessions. But most importantly, Youth Summit facilitators will develop skills in leadership, group facilitation, and more!
Responsibilities
· Lead and teach your own group of Summit attendees.
· Assist with conference activities, educational sessions, and more.
· Attend a facilitator orientation on November 13th, 10AM - 12 PM.
· Attend following team meetings and be present for the Youth Summit weekend in your area.
Outcomes
· Gain new leadership and facilitation skills.
· Learn how to work with youth ages 11-13.
· Make teen 4-H friends across the State of California!
For questions or concerns, please contact the Facilitator Coordinator team.
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California 4-H is transitioning from the Star Ranking system
This year we are starting the transition to a new achievement recognition program. The Star Ranking system will transition to this new system in phases. Phase 1 is the Spark Achievement Program. This is designed for new and Junior 4-H members who haven’t started the Star Ranking system yet.
Join one of our webinars to learn more about Phase 1 and how this new program will benefit your club and members!
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For all 4-H'ers
November 9, 7:00 pm
December 13, 6:00 pm
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Club & Project Leaders
November 21, 6:00 pm
December 1, 6:00 pm
December 5, 6:00 pm
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New & Junior 4-H families
November 15, 6:00 pm
December 19, 6:00pm
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4-H Activity Tracker
Need a quick and simple way to capture your 4-H activities? Thanks to Alameda County 4-H member Harini Muthu and her Emerald Star project, there’s an app for that!
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Diamond Clover 2022 Application
The California Diamond Clover is the highest achievement for which a 4-H youth member and/or recent graduate is recognized. Applications are open to youth members who are at least 17 and adult volunteers not older than 25 years. The application is due by September 5, 2022
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SRJC Foundation Ag Trust Scholarship
for 2023 Graduating High School Seniors
The Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation Ag Trust is happy to announce the establishment of a new scholarship program for local graduating seniors that plan to enroll at Santa Rosa Junior College in Fall 2023 with a major in the field of Agriculture or Natural Resource Management. Eight scholarships will be available at $1,500 each. Applicants are also eligible to apply for the Doyle Scholarship Program through a separate application process. The total of the two awards could amount to as much as $3,500.
🎓 The application period opens October 1, 2022 and closes March 1, 2023.
🎓 More information about the eligibility is available here:
🎓 Application: ucanr.edu/sites/SoCo/files/373196.docx
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Travis Credit Union Community Impact Scholarship
Travis Credit Union has released a scholarship opportunity. Travis Credit Union has supported State Leadership Conference for several years as sponsor and by delivering Financial Literacy workshops. We look forward to a continued partnership for SLC 2023.
Travis Credit Union is awarding $2,000 scholarships to 20 current high school seniors bound for college in the fall of 2023! Apply in person, by mail or online by February 20, 2023. For more information go to traviscu.org/scholarships
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